Texans still losing, but still draw big ratings

The Texans continue to lag on the field but roll up great numbers in the Nielsen ratings in Houston. Their seventh consecutive loss Sunday to the Cardinals racked up a 27.7 rating on KHOU (Channel 11), which equates to an average audience of 634,153 of Houston’s 2.2 million TV households.

Here are the weekend Nielsen ratings for weekend college sports events, beginning with the national overnights, followed by the Houston numbers. First, though, here are a couple of numbers from Thursday: Lakers-Rockets did a 3.9 rating on TNT in a rare full-market exposure game, and Oklahoma-Baylor rated 2.8 on Fox Sports Southwest.